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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 2678

 To reauthorize the Global Fragility Act of 2019, and for other 
 purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 August 1, 2025

 Mr. Coons (for himself and Mr. Graham) introduced the following bill; 
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

_______________________________________________________________________

 A BILL

 To reauthorize the Global Fragility Act of 2019, and for other 
 purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Global Fragility 
Reauthorization Act''.

    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as 
follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.

Sec. 2. Sense of Congress.

Sec. 3. Statement of policy.

Sec. 4. Selection of new priority countries.

Sec. 5. Annual Global Fragility Act Steering Committee meeting on 
 policy alignment.

Sec. 6. Implementation of the Global Fragility Strategy.

Sec. 7. Global fragility report and strategy.

Sec. 8. Reauthorization of the Prevention and Stabilization Fund.

Sec. 9. Reauthorization of the Complex Crises Fund.

Sec. 10. Use of Economic Support Fund to support monitoring, 
 evaluation, and learning activities.

SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

 It is the sense of Congress that integrating all development, 
diplomatic, and defense tools into the Global Fragility Strategy, 
including all forms of diplomatic engagement and security cooperation, 
is crucial to achieving the national security interests of the United 
States.

SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF POLICY.

 It is the policy of the United States to seek to stabilize 
conflict-affected areas and prevent violence and fragility globally in 
order to increase the security, stability, and prosperity of the United 
States, including by--

    (1) ensuring that all relevant Federal departments and 
 agencies coordinate to achieve coherent, long-term goals for 
 programs designed to carry out such policy;

    (2) seeking to improve global, regional, and local 
 coordination of relevant international and multilateral 
 development and donor organizations regarding efforts to carry 
 out such policy; and

    (3) enhancing the effectiveness of United States foreign 
 assistance programs and activities to carry out such policy, 
 including by improving assessment, monitoring, and evaluation 
 conducted by the relevant Federal departments and agencies.

SEC. 4. SELECTION OF NEW PRIORITY COUNTRIES.

 

Section 505 of the Global Fragility Act of 2019 (22 U.S.C. 9804) is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
 ``
            (c) Selection of New Priority Countries.--
 ``

    (1) Authorization.--During the 1-year period beginning on 
 the date of the enactment of the Global Fragility 
 Reauthorization Act, the President may select additional 
 countries as priority countries in accordance with subsections

    (a) and

    (b) .
 ``

    (2) Report.--Not later than 30 days before designating a 
 country as a priority country pursuant to paragraph

    (1) , the 
 President shall submit a report to the appropriate 
 congressional committees that describes the criteria used to 
 select such country as a priority country.
 ``
            (d) Discontinuance of Programming in Countries.--The Department 
of State is not obligated to continue programming to implement a 
country or regional plan described in 

section 506 if the Secretary of 
State, after consultation with relevant departments or agencies, 
certifies to Congress that--
 ``

    (1) such country or region is no longer fragile due to no 
 longer meeting the indicators required for designation as a 
 priority country or region set forth in subsection

    (a)

    (1)
        (B) ; 
 or
 ``

    (2) the government of such country or the governments in 
 such region are no longer committed to effectively working with 
 the United States to implement reforms or other programs 
 required to implement the relevant country or regional plan.''.

SEC. 5. ANNUAL GLOBAL FRAGILITY ACT STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING ON 
 POLICY ALIGNMENT.

    (a) In General.--

Section 506 of the Global Fragility Act of 2019 
(22 U.S.C. 9805; title V of division J of Public Law 116-94) is 
amended--

    (1) by striking ``Not later than'' and inserting the 
 following:
 ``

    (a) In General.--Not later than''; and

    (2) by adding at the end the following:
 ``

    (b) Annual Meetings.--
 ``

    (1) In general.--The senior Federal officials referred to 
 in paragraph

    (2) shall convene an annual meeting--
 ``
        (A) to evaluate the extent to which the strategic 
 approach and objectives of priority country and 
 regional plans described in subsection

    (a) align to 
 current United States policy priorities in the relevant 
 countries and regions;
 ``
        (B) to assess the elements described in 
 paragraphs

    (1) through

    (11) of subsection

    (a) and 
 consider steps to address any deficiencies in such 
 elements;
 ``
            (C) to determine any beneficial updates or 
 amendments to the priority country and region plans or 
 United States policy priorities to ensure effective 
 short- and long-term alignment; and
 ``
            (D) to consider any beneficial steps to increase 
 alignment of relevant diplomatic, development, and 
 security assistance and cooperation activities with the 
 objectives of such plans and priorities.
 ``

    (2) Participants.--Each meeting convened pursuant to 
 paragraph

    (1) shall be chaired by a position not lower than the 
 Deputy Secretary of State or the Deputy National Security 
 Advisor and include the participation of--
 ``
        (A) the Counselor of the Department of State;
 ``
        (B) the Under Secretary of State for Civilian 
 Security, Democracy, and Human Rights;
 ``
            (C) the Under Secretary of State for Political 
 Affairs;
 ``
            (D) the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy;
 ``
        (E) the Under Secretary of the Treasury for 
 International Affairs;
 ``
        (F) the Joint Staff Director for Strategy, Plans, 
 and Policy;
 ``
        (G) each relevant Assistant Secretary, Assistant 
 Administrator, National Security Counsel Senior 
 Director, and relevant equivalent level official with 
 regional or functional responsibility for planning, 
 coordination, or implementation of diplomatic, 
 development, or security cooperation or assistance 
 activities in a priority country; and
 ``
        (H) equivalent level participation from all other 
 relevant Federal departments and agencies with 
 activities relevant to conflict prevention or 
 stabilization in a priority county or region.''.

    (b) Conforming Amendments.--The Global Fragility Act of 2019 (22 
U.S.C. 9801 et seq.) is amended--

    (1) in 

section 507

    (1) (22 U.S.C. 9806

    (1) ), by striking 
 ``

section 506'' and inserting ``

section 506

    (a) ''; and

    (2) in 

section 508

    (a) (22 U.S.C. 9807

    (a) ) in the matter 
 preceding paragraph

    (1) , by striking ``

section 506'' and 
 inserting ``

section 506

    (a) ''.

SEC. 6. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE GLOBAL FRAGILITY STRATEGY.

    (a) Required Interagency Coordination.--

Section 507 of the Global 
Fragility Act of 2019 (22 U.S.C. 9806) is amended--

    (1) in the matter preceding paragraph

    (1) , by inserting 
 ``the Chief Executive Officer of the United States Development 
 Finance Corporation, the Chief Executive Officer of the 
 Millennium Challenge Corporation,'' after ``Secretary of 
 Defense,'';

    (2) in paragraph

    (1) , by striking ``and'' at the end;

    (3) in paragraph

    (2) , by striking the period at the end and 
 inserting ``; and''; and

    (4) by adding at the end the following:
 ``

    (3) the Secretary of Defense fully meets the Department's 
 responsibilities under the Global Fragility Strategy, including 
 to fully implement the defense and security-related goals 
 outlined under the 10-year country plans by utilizing funding 
 appropriated for Global Fragility Strategy implementation and 
 additional funding mechanisms, as appropriate; and
 ``

    (4) private sector investment to support conflict 
 prevention and stabilization is mobilized by setting United 
 States Development Finance Corporation investment targets in 
 fragile countries.''.

    (b) In General.--

Section 507 of the Global Fragility Act of 2019, 
as amended by subsection

    (a) , is further amended--

    (1) by striking ``The President'' and inserting the 
 following:
 ``

    (a) In General.--The President''; and

    (2) by adding at the end the following:
 ``

    (b) Staffing.--
 ``

    (1) Counselor.--The Counselor of the Department of State 
 shall lead the implementation of the Global Fragility Strategy 
 required under 

section 504.
 ``

    (2) Additional staffing.--Each relevant regional affairs 
 bureau of the Department of State shall delegate employees with 
 expertise in conflict prevention to assist the Counselor in the 
 implementation of the Global Fragility Strategy.''.
            (c) Continued Implementation of the Global Fragility Strategy.--The 
President, in carrying out 

section 507 of the Global Fragility Act of 
2019, as amended by subsections

    (a) and

    (b) , including implementing the 
10-year plans developed pursuant to 

section 506 of such Act (22 U.S.C. 
9805)--

    (1) shall discontinue the implementation of the Global 
 Fragility Strategy in Haiti and Libya, which no longer meet the 
 criteria required for priority country status under 

section 505

    (a) of such Act (22 U.S.C. 9804

    (a) );

    (2) shall continue implementing the Global Fragility 
 Strategy in Coastal West Africa, Mozambique, and Papua New 
 Guinea; and

    (3) may add a new country or region to the list of 
 countries and regions designated as priority countries and 
 priority regions under 

section 505 of such Act (22 U.S.C. 9804) 
 at least 30 days after notifying Congress of such proposed 
 addition.

SEC. 7. GLOBAL FRAGILITY REPORT AND STRATEGY.

    (a) In General.--

Section 508 of the Global Fragility Act of 2019 
(22 U.S.C. 9807) is amended by adding at the end the following:
 ``
            (c) Study; Strategy; Report.--The Secretary of State, using the 
principles identified in the Global Fragility Strategy established 
pursuant to 

section 504, shall--
 ``

    (1) study the feasibility of applying such principles to 
 support cost-efficient and effective United States foreign 
 policy goals and foreign assistance objectives in other 
 geographic areas;
 ``

    (2) develop a strategy for applying such principles 
 across Department of State regional bureaus, foreign assistance 
 operations, and overseas diplomatic missions, which shall 
 include exporting the successes of regional collaboration 
 between posts in priority regions; and
 ``

    (3) not later than 180 days after the date of the 
 enactment of the Global Fragility Reauthorization Act, submit a 
 report to the appropriate congressional committees that--
 ``
        (A) summarizes the findings of the study under 
 paragraph

    (1) and the strategy developed under 
 paragraph

    (2) ; and
 ``
        (B) includes a detailed description of the 
 staffing and resources identified pursuant to 
 subsection
            (d) are necessary to implement such global 
 fragility principles.''.

    (b) Identification of Necessary Reforms To Remove Impediments to 
Conflict Prevention.--

Section 508 of the Global Fragility Act of 2019, 
as amended by subsection

    (a) , is further amended by adding at the end 
the following:
 ``
            (d) Reforms.--The President, in collaboration with the heads of 
relevant Federal departments and agencies, shall determine what 
staffing, resources, and reforms are necessary to remove persistent 
impediments to conflict prevention and stabilization, including--
 ``

    (1) addressing overly restrictive diplomatic security 
 posture and staffing constraints;
 ``

    (2) strengthening mandatory professional development 
 around conflict prevention; and
 ``

    (3) regularizing the process for providing surge staffing 
 support to fragile countries, including sustaining global 
 fragility coordinator posts in such countries and in 
 Washington, DC.''.
            (c) Maintenance of Staffing Levels.--

Section 508 of the Global 
Fragility Act of 2019, as amended by subsections

    (a) and

    (b) , is 
further amended by adding at the end the following:
 ``

    (e) Staffing Levels.--Subject to appropriations, the relevant 
Federal departments and agencies shall maintain sufficient staffing 
levels to fully implement the Global Fragility Strategy established 
pursuant to 

section 504.''.

SEC. 8. REAUTHORIZATION OF THE PREVENTION AND STABILIZATION FUND.

 

Section 509

    (a) of the Global Fragility Act of 2019 (22 U.S.C. 
9808

    (a) ) is amended--

    (1) in paragraph

    (2) , by striking ``2024'' and inserting 
 ``2030''; and

    (2) in paragraph

    (3)
        (A) --
        (A) in clause
            (i) , by striking ``and'' at the end;
        (B) in clause
            (ii) , by striking the period at the 
 end and inserting ``; and''; and
            (C) by adding at the end the following:
 ``
            (iii) for administrative and other 
 expenses related to the operation, management, 
 and monitoring, evaluation, and learning for 
 programs and activities related to the 
 implementation of the Global Fragility Strategy 
 established pursuant to 

section 504, including 
 diplomatic and other operational activities 
 carried out to implement such strategy in 
 countries and regions selected by the 
 President, pursuant to 

section 505

    (a) .''.

SEC. 9. REAUTHORIZATION OF THE COMPLEX CRISES FUND.

 

Section 509

    (b) of the Global Fragility Act of 2019 (22 U.S.C. 
9808

    (b) ) is amended--

    (1) in the subsection header, by striking ``Crisis'' and 
 inserting ``Crises''; and

    (2) in paragraph

    (2) , by striking ``2024'' and inserting 
 ``2030''.

SEC. 10. USE OF ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND TO SUPPORT MONITORING, 
 EVALUATION, AND LEARNING ACTIVITIES.

    (a) Use of Funds.--Amounts appropriated or otherwise made available 
to carry out chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
(22 U.S.C. 2346 et seq.; relating to the Economic Support Fund) may be 
expended for monitoring, evaluation, and learning activities in 
countries and regions selected by the President, pursuant to 

section 505

    (a) of the Global Fragility Act of 2019 (22 U.S.C. 9804), 
notwithstanding any other provision of law for any program funded from 
amounts available for the Prevention and Stabilization Fund established 
under 

section 509

    (a) of such Act (22 U.S.C. 9808

    (a) ) in any fiscal year 
and related programs funded by other agencies to implement the Global 
Fragility Strategy established pursuant to 

section 504 of such Act (22 
U.S.C. 9803).

    (b) Appointment of Personnel To Implement Monitoring, Evaluation, 
and Learning Activities.--The Secretary of Defense, in consultation 
with the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, shall--

    (1) appoint a senior Department of Defense official to lead 
 the efforts described in subsection

    (a) ; and

    (2) make available sufficient staffing and other resources 
 to carry out such efforts in accordance with 

section 507 of the 
 Global Fragility Act of 2019, as amended by 

section 6.
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